Leonid Teyf, 57, currently living in Raleigh, North Carolina, is charged with bribing a public official, planning a murder-for-hire, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and unlawful use of a visa procured through false claims. justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/f…
"Teyf is also charged with multiple counts of money laundering in conspiracy with his wife, Tatyana Teyf, 41, a Russian citizen, and Alexsy Timofeev, 37, also a Russian citizen currently residing in Darien, Illinois."
"The superseding indictment alleges that between 2010 and 2012, Leonid Teyf was the Deputy Director of Voentorg, a company which contracted with Russia’s Ministry of Defense to provide the Russian military with goods and services."
"The superseding indictment also alleges that in July of 2018, Teyf knowingly used and possessed a U.S. immigrant visa at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, which he had procured through false claims made in his I-140 application."
"Federal prosecutors now are trying to seize assets including the mansion, four Mercedes Benz sedans and artwork worth $2.6 million." charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-wo…
"Teyf, who also was president of commercial fishing fleet in Russia, moved money from “illegal kickback of funds belonging to the government of Russia”" washingtonpost.com/national/prose…
"[Leonid] came to believe that his wife was having an affair with another man. [He] recruited the Confidential Source to assist in planning for the man’s murder. The murder was to take place here in the United States or in Russia after they conspired to have the man deported."
He "paid an employee with the [DHS] who was working undercover, $10,000 to have the man deported"
"When the deportation plan was taking a longer period of time than he expected, Leonid Teyf returned to his murder-for-hire plan and paid the Confidential Source $25,000"
"When the deportation plan was taking a longer period of time than he expected, Leonid Teyf returned to his murder-for-hire plan and paid the Confidential Source $25,000"
Voentorg rendered catering, bathing, laundry, and other services in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
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